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A penicillin-resistant mutant, JH2-2r (MIC 75 μg ml), was isolated from JH2-2 (MIC 5 μg ml) by successive passages on plates containing increasing concentrations of benzylpenicillin. A comparison of the penicillin-binding protein (PBP) profiles in the two strains revealed a more intensely labelled PBP4 in JH2-2r. Because the sequences of the JH2-2 and JH2-2r genes were strictly identical, even in their promoter regions, this intensive labelling could only be associated with an overproduction of the low-affinity PBP4. No gene analogous to that proposed to act as a regulator of PBP5 synthesis in and could be identified in the vicinity of in JH2-2 and JH2-2r. However, a -like gene distant from was identified. The cloning and sequencing of that -like gene from both strains indicated that they were identical. It is therefore postulated that the PBP4 overproduction in JH2-2r results from the modification of an as yet unidentified factor.

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